Example sentences of "struggling with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British firms have been struggling with the first of these for the past 18 months , and for the past six or so have also suffered from the second . |
| 2 | They bade goodnight to Joe and left him struggling with the two inebriates . |
| 3 | He had found a niche at once with the men , but she told Julia that she had been unhappy for months , struggling with the other women to force local villagers to disgorge food , humping it back up to the camp and preparing it under extraordinarily difficult conditions . |
| 4 | The Edinburgh student appeared too consistent and resilient for Miss Topper who seemed to be struggling with the slippery court , and she triumphed 3–6 6–1 6–3 an impressive achievement for a No. 7 seed . |
| 5 | Her peer group was struggling with the male menopause , of course , but the sting of rejection had been no less sharp . |
| 6 | However tough things seem , it 's vital that you should keep your spirits up , and remember that acting is an art and a thrilling one — though sometimes when you are struggling with the frustrating process of building a career , this can all get a bit obscured . |
| 7 | The action takes place in a Magnox power station where a guide ‘ struggling with the limited conceptual understanding of the local Mayor and Lady Tiara ’ , starts explaining by analogy . |
| 8 | Unlike Beethoven 's , Mozart 's was no Promethean spirit struggling with the complex moral and intellectual issues of his day . |
| 9 | Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have . |
| 10 | There she was , being battered into the roadway by Nguyen Seth , struggling with the reanimated corpse of Herman Katz 's mother , wandering the desert on all fours , tossing Holm Rodriguez 's severed hand into Manolo 's DeLorean . |
| 11 | And , struggling with the old clothes , Mr Rochester stepped out of his disguise . |
| 12 | There are those who struggling with the old Head who never knew what was going on and like |
| 13 | Alwyn 's new series Alwyn Crawshaw Paints Oils ( £39.99 for the set of three videos from Teaching Art Ltd ) is splendid for those struggling with the particular problems of oil paint and Jonathan Stephenson 's An Introduction to Oil Painting ( Seeba Films ) has plenty of practical advice as well as three short demonstrations . |
| 14 | They are waking , thought Fenella , struggling with the elaborate handle of the silver door , then standing back to give way to Caspar who seemed to understand the mechanism . |
| 15 | She was still struggling with the short introduction when her husband entered , bearing a breakfast tray . |
| 16 | She spoke out after a new survey into adult literacy revealed the scandal of the ‘ forgotten millions ’ struggling with the written word . |
| 17 | She tugged on her jeans over damp legs , cursing and falling over on to the bed , struggling with the clinging fabric until she had them hitched finally over her hips . |
| 18 | It was nice to be alone with him in Faye and Bill 's room , even though they were only doing the most mundane of jobs — stripping bed linen , dismantling head- and base-boards , and struggling with the big double mattress . |